Image by Helmandsare Russia’s independent pollster, Levada, is not loved by the Kremlin. The company has been targeted under Russia’s new ‘foreign agent’ law because Levada allegedly receives some foreign funding. Levada has denied these accusations, calling them ‘complete garbage.’ “They simply want to shut our mouth,” Lev Gudkov, director…
Image by LokiiT The Russian Federation may have slipped back into a technical recession at the end of 2017. According to analysis by JPMorgan Chase & Co., the Russian economy probably contracted in the last two quarters of last year, even though year to year data shows improvement. Russian Economic…
Russia’s Oligarchs Brace For U.S. Report Listing Putin Friends.
A Midnight Winter Walk Down The Moscow River.
Image by NiponNitro The Russian Labor Ministry is not requiring Russian government officials to declare cryptocurrencies on their end of year asset declarations due to the entities ‘not yet being legally defined’. Russia Launching ‘CryptoRuble’ Russian media outlet RIA Novosti released the ministry’s updated regulations on tax declarations today. Corruption…
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Moscow Patriarch Kirill Urges Orthodox Russian To Vote In Presidential Election.
Image by Yuleka Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his cabinet to explore development of an official cryptocurrency, or the cryptoruble, to help the Russian Federation avoid Western sanctions levied for Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the conflict in the Donbass region of East Ukraine. “This instrument suits us very…
Putin’s Political Provocateurs: ‘Meddling’ Created Blueprint For 21st-Century Subversion.